Faces Change but Not El Paso Democrat Dominance
Ask most El Pasoans to explain their hometown’s place in the vast Lone Star state, and they will undoubtedly quip that it’s closer to Los Angeles than Houston.
It's not actually true — Houston is 50 miles closer — but it explains a lot about why this border city’s political landscape feels like foreign territory in red Texas.
El Paso is one of the few Democratic outposts in a state where the GOP has had a decade-long stronghold on state and local politics. While geography — the city is in a different time zone than the rest of Texas ...
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DavidK
Thank God Grissom will be with the Tribune to report on El Paso.
Good Job!